Justice Department Tells Prosecutors to Investigate Local Efforts to Obstruct Immigration Enforcement

Opponents of immigration enforcement around the country were put on notice by Donald Trump’s Justice Department, which has made it clear it will brook no interference from local officials in carrying out immigration enforcement actions.

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A memo from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructs prosecutors to investigate and, if justified, arrest local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement actions. The memo also instructs the department’s civil division to work with a newly formed Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group in order to identify laws and policies that “impede” the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.

The memo is a clear-language warning to mayors like Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, who has threatened to obstruct immigration enforcement. At a press conference in November, Johnson said, “We will not bend

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